Marseille president Pape Diouf has dismissed claims his club have received a huge bid from Lyon for their French international winger Franck Ribery.

It was widely reported in France that five-times league champions Lyon had
lodged a 22 million euro (£14.9million) bid for 23-year-old Ribery, one of
France's World Cup stars.

Ribery has also been linked with a move to Arsenal, but Lyon looked to have
been the first to lodge an offer.

However, in a statement on the club's website, Diouf denied any such bid
had been received.

'We are expecting no offer from any club over this affair,' said Diouf.

Asked if he had received a bid from Lyon, Diouf said: 'No, I have not
received it and if this offer was a material one it would have come the day
before an important match for us and would be part of a destabilisation
manoeuvre by OL (Lyon) and their president.'

Marseille play Switzerland's Young Boys in a UEFA Cup qualifier on Thursday.